The highlight of the year from our standpoint was the discovery of the new high-grade Siou Sector at Mana. This vastly prospective area located approximately 15 kilometers east of our processing plant holds one million ounces of initial in-pit inferred resources at an average 4.62 g/t Au and a gold recovery rate of over 95%. Based on results to date, the Siou Sector where ongoing exploration work is being carried out has already become SEMAFO’s most important find ever. (Borrningar har fortsatt träffa och under Q3 kommer uppdaterade siffror och produktion väntas Q4 2014 vilket då kommer hjälpa till att dra ner Mana CC och öka vinsterna)

The initial inferred resource estimate at Siou could enhance the head-grade at the Mana processing plant for years to come. This could provide great synergy with current mining operations and should consequently reduce total cash cost per ounce at Mana should the Siou Deposit advance to production.

Delineation drilling is underway at Siou with the objective to convert as much of the in-pit inferred resources to the proven and probable reserves category in the third quarter of 2013.

Detta är ju från en av deras pressreleaser, värt att begrunda:In order to establish a reasonable prospect of economic extraction in an open pit context, the reported silver resource falls within a Lerchs-Grossman Optimized pit shell that uses a silver price of US$29.20/oz, a zinc price of US$0.95 per pound, US$3.70 per pound copper, and US$1.00 per pound lead.